around his country in order to
inspect it; ɔloɣa gbe ʋ-ɛɣɛ ni
[ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˩ / / ] he travelled around
a good deal at that time; cf.
la 1 [ ˥ ] (?).
l-oɽe [ ˥ ˥ ]; cf. la 1 [ ˥ ].
lɔ [ ˥ ] (1) to grind; to sharpen
(knife); l-ɔka [ ˥ ˩ ] to grind corn.
lɔ [ / ] (1) to iron, press a cloth, or,
clothes; lɔ‿(u)kpɔ̃ni-sɛse [ ˩ / / ˦ ˧ ]
press that cloth well! (the low
tone of the u is not indicated
above); ɔlɔ-ɽe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] he ironed it.
(2) to step sidewards in dancing,
e.g. in ugba [ ˥ ˩ ], akaba [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], and
ohoɣo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; cf. lɔ [ ˥ ] (?)
lɔgiɔlɔgiɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] describes a sway-
ing kind of walk; almost the
same as gɔlɔgɔlɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], but con-
veying the idea of the walk
being more pleasant. Used with
the verb xiã [ ˥ ].
lɔɣɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) to pain; to ache; to
cause suffering; ɔlɔɣɔ ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]
it made me suffer (a disease);
ɔlɔɣ-ɔe [ ˩ ˩ \ ] it pains him.
(2) to be difficult; ɔlɔɣɔ mɛ (or
ʋ̃e) [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] it is difficult for me
(with an object of the third
person, however, ɔlɔɣ-ɔe is
used; ɔlɔɣɔ nɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ] is not
used).
l-ɔʋ̃a [ ˩ \ ]; cf. lɛ [ / ] (?).
lubaseɽe [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] anklets worn by a
prince (okoɽo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ]); v. Idzɔ Idzɔ
Idzɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
lue [ / ] to chew; lu-ɛɽe n-ɔsũ‿ɛ̃sɛsɛ
[ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ \ ˥ ] chew it (so) that it is
well ground! l-unu [ ˩ ˥ ] lit. “to
chew mouth”; yaɣe ʋ-ɔɣal-unu
[ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] “(go and) look how he
chews”.
luɛluɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] to wither; ebe na luɛluɛe
[ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ \ ] this herb is withered.
luɛluɛ [ / / ] describes the move-
